Lantern-frame.



A. H. HANDLAN, JR.

LANTERN FRAME. APPLIOATIOH FILED JULY 24. 1909.

968,848. Patented Aug.23, 1910.

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ALEXANDER H. HANDLAN, JR., OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

LANTERN-FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 23, 1910. Application filed July 24, 1909.

Serial No. 509,366.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER H. HAND- LAN, J12, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lantern- Frames, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to the frames of hand lanterns, and it has for its object the production of a frame of this description comprising a single piece globe plate that is of service, in addition to providing a seat for the lantern globe, to provide for the holding of the guards of the lantern frame and the connection of the oil pot holder to said frame.

A further object of the invention is to furnish a simple, efficient and durable form of connection between the guards and the globe plate.

Figure I is a view partly in elevation and partly in vertical section of my lantern frame. Fig. II is a fragmentary top or plan view of the globe plate with an oil pot seated within it, several of the upright guards of the lantern frame being shown in cross section, taken on line IIII, Fig. I. Fig. III is a perspective view of the globe plate and of a fragment of one of the upright guards, the globe plate being illustrated at the point at which the fragment of the guard is located in condition for the introduction of the guard into the plate.

In the accompanying drawings: 1 designates the upright guards of my lantern frame which are bent inwardly intermediate of their ends and are provided with portions 2 that are of flattened, or non-circular shape in cross section, these portions being of a utility to be hereinafter made clear.

3 is a base ring to which the lower ends of the upright guards are connected, and I are upper, horizontally disposed guard rings connected to the upright guards 1 in any suitable manner.

5 designates the globe plate of my lantern frame which is made of a single piece of sheet metal. This globe plate comprises an outer guard receiving flange 6, a depressed globe seat 9 located beneath the level of the guard receiving flange, a vertical annular flange 10 depending from the globe seat, and lips 11 that extend horizontally and inwardly from the lower flange 10. In the outer guard receiving flange of the globe plate are non-circular apertures 7 extending vertically through said flange and in which the non-circular portions? of the upright guards 1 are fitted. To provide for the introduction of said portions of the upright guards, I produce slits 8 in the guard receiving flange, as seen in Figs. II and III, these slits leading preferably in a diagonal direction from the outer edge of the guard receiving flange to the non-circular apertures 7, and permitting of the flange being bent at the locations of the apertures and slits as illustrated in Fig. III, in order that the non-circular portions 2 of the upright guards may be introduced into said apertures. The vertical flange 10 of the globe plate 5 serves as a connection member for the oil pot holder 12 which is adapted to be fitted at its upper end around said vertical flange, and to be attached thereto in any suitable manner, such as by the provision of studs 13 carried by and projecting outwardly from the flange, and adapted to enter into bayonet slots 14 formed in the oil pot holder 12 at its upper end. The inturned lips 11 at the lower ends of the vertical flange 10 perform the oflice of centering the oil pot 15 when the oil pot holder is attached to the globe plate and the oil pot is in position in said holder.

In assembling the upright guards 1 and the globe plate 5, of my lantern frame, the guard receiving flange 6 of the globe plate is bent at the location of each aperture 7 therein, as illustrated in Fig. III, in order that the non-circular portion 2 of each upright guard may be introduced into the noncircular aperture in the guard receiving flange due to the passage way furnished by the bending of the flange at the points mentioned. Then, after the non-circular portions of the upright guards have been introduced into the apertures in the flange 6, the bent portions of said flange are returned to their normal positions and bent backwardly, and the non-circular portions of the upright guards are thereby locked within the guard receiving flange of the globe plate. The return of the bent portions of the flange 6 to their normal positions is preferably accomplished by the use of a suitable implement, such as a grooved forming wheel that is run around the edge of the'guard receiving flange and which overlaps the faces of edge of the vertical the flange during its travel, in order that the desired re-bending of the previously bent portions of the flange may be consummated. After the guard receiving flange has been restored to its original condition, I apply to said flange a coating of solder which, by overlapping the slits in the flange and fi1l-' ing the spaces between the non-circular portions 2 of the upright guards and the walls of the aperture 7 in which they are seated, serves to efficiently and rigidly connect the upright guards and globe plate, in order that neither may shift relative to the other.

I claim:

1. In a lantern frame, a guard and a globe plate fitted to said guard and having as integral parts thereof a top guard receiving flange, a globe seat at a lower plane than said flange, and a vertical flange extending downwardly from said globe seat adapted to receive an oil pot holder.

2. In a lantern frame, a guard and a globe plate fitted to said guard and having as integral parts thereof a top guard receiving flange, a depressed globe seat extending inwardly beneath the inner edge of said guard receiving flange, and a vertical flange extending downwardly from the inner edge of said globe seat and adapted to receive an oil pot holder.

3. In a lantern frame, a guard and a single piece globe plate fitted to said guard and comprising a guard receiving flange, a depressed globe seat, and a vertical flange beneath said globe seat adapted to receive an oil pot holder, and horizontal lips extending inwardly from said vertical flange and adapted to serve as centering members for the oil pot.

4. In a lantern frame, a globe plate comprising a flange provided with non-circular apertures and having slits therein leading from the outer edge of said flange to said. apertures and upright guards having noncircular portions seated in the apertures in said flange.

5. In a lantern frame, a globe plate having a flange provided with non-circular apertures and slitted diagonally from its edge to said apertures, and upright guards having non-circular portions insertible through said flange into said apertures.

6. In a lantern frame, a globe plate having a depressed globe seat, a vertical annular flange, and a horizontal flange provided with apertures located between its margins,

and upright guards extending through the apertures in said horizontal flange, so that they are entirely surrounded by and confined within the horizontal flange.

7. In a lantern frame, a globe plate having a depressed globe seat, a vertical annular flange, and a horizontal flange provided with apertures located between its margins, and upright guards extending through the apertures in said horizontal flange so that they are entirely surrounded by and confined within the horizontal flange; the said apertures being non-circular in shape and the said guards having non-circular portions 00- cupying and fitting said apertures.

8. In a lantern frame, a globe plate having a horizontal flange provided with apertures located between its margins and having slits therein leading from the outer edge of said flange to said apertures, and upright guards extending through the apertures in said flange so that they are entirely surrounded by and confined within the flange.

ALEXANDER H. HANDLAN, JR.

In the presence of WM. H SCOTT, M. C. HAMMON. 

